Rodrigo Duterte

The case, filed by Representative France Castro over threats made Rodrigo Duterte on his TV program, will be a crucial test of the country's judicial system.

The cancellations do not appear to be directly related to the ongoing tensions with China in the South China Sea.

The controversy over the use of the special funds has opened up rifts within the Marcos "unity government."

Maria Ressa and her publication Rappler have once again scored a legal victory against charges brought under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.

The ruling opens the way to an investigation of extrajudicial killings, but trials of Philippine officials remain a remote prospect.

The decision came after Leila De Lima was acquitted on the second of three politically motivated drug cases last month.

The former top diplomat spearheaded Manila's landmark legal challenge to China's expansive claims over the South China Sea.

This is the first such meeting to take place since late in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.

Theary Seng of Cambodia and Leila de Lima of the Philippines have both been imprisoned for standing up for truth and justice.

Last week, the International Criminal Court ordered the restarting of its investigation into former President Rodrigo Duterte's violent "war on drugs."

Last month, a court accepted the petition of Lenin Baylon's father seeking to correct the cause of death listed on his death certificate.

The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers says that 133 lawyers have been killed in the Philippines since 1984, 59 of them over the past six years.